路用

Chinese

		road; path; way	to use
simp. and trad. (路用)		路	用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lùyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ jung⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lu-yung
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lō͘-ēng / lō͘-iōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùyòng
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-yung⁴
    • Yale: lù-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhyonq
    • Palladius: луюн (lujun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 路用 錄用／录用

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁶ jung⁶
    • Yale: louh yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² jʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu-yung
    • Hakka Romanization System: lu iung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lu⁴ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵ i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lu-yung
    • Hakka Romanization System: lu (r)iung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lu⁴ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lu⁵⁵ (j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-ēng
    • Tâi-lô: lōo-īng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loxeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ iɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ iɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁴¹⁻²² iɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō͘-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: lōo-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loxiong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔ²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Penang): /lɔ²¹ iɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔ³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔ³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/

Noun

路用

1. (literary) travel expenses
2. (Hakka, Southern Min) use; usefulness

   • 卵白質，伊ê成分是炭素，水素，酸素，窒素，伊ê路用是會hō͘人ê身軀得著勢力，也是hō͘細胞加添新ê。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     卵白质，伊ê成分是炭素，水素，酸素，窒素，伊ê路用是会hō͘人ê身躯得着势力，也是hō͘细胞加添新ê。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1926, 張基全 (Tiuⁿ Ki-chôan), 酒佮健康 (Chiú kap Kiān-khong)

     Nn̄g-pe̍h-chit, i ê sêng-hun sī Thàn-sò͘, Chúi-sò͘, Sng-sò͘, Chek-sò͘, i ê lō͘-ēng sī ōe hō͘ lâng ê seng-khu tit-tio̍h sè-le̍k, iā sī hō͘ sè-pau ke-thiⁿ sin--ê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Protein: its composition is carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen; it is used to give energy to the human body and to regenerate cells.

   • 腦海中的走馬燈　留戀什路用 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     脑海中的走马灯　留恋什路用 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 葉俊麟 (lyrics), 邱芳德 (music), 留戀什路用, performed by 陳一郎

     náu-hái tiong ê cháu-bé-teng, liû-loân siáⁿ lō͘-ēng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     What use is there to think with nostalgia about the horse lamp in my mind?

Derived terms

• 有路用
• 無路用／无路用 (bô-lō͘-ēng) (Min Nan)